Afyon or Afyon Karahisar (the Black Fortress of the Opium) is a very nice place to the south of Kütahya. It has very many old style houses, a number of mosques and a fortress on a steep peak, that takes some effort to climb but then rewards you with a good view of the place and surrounding countryside. I have added some scans from slides, dating from 1994 (so don't complain folks, they look old, I know).

I have had a great affection for this town ever since my first visit. So it is surprising I did not have many pictures from it. I made good during a stay in June 2012. The results may put the town at a slight disadvantage, since – as so often – I mainly show its old neighbourhoods, which are better preserved than in most other towns that I know, and have the great advantage of spreading along some hillsides, with some fine views thrown in. I also show the Ulu Cami, one of the best preserved wooden mosques in the country, a mosque for a dervish saint, the fortress on its peak and some other monuments. Putting the many pictures in a proper sequence and adding captions may take me a while.

AFYON

Afyon, Kütahya’nın güneyinde çok güzel bir şehir. Orada eski tipte birçok ev, pek çok cami ve sarp bir tepenin zirvesinde bir kale var. Kale, oraya tırmanmak için biraz çabalamanızı gerektiriyor, ama sonra şehrin ve kırsal çevrenin güzel bir manzarasıyla sizi ödüllendiriyor.

Türkçe çeviri: Melek Emir. Katkılarından dolayı teşekkür ederim.